Scottish Executive

Central Heating

George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to publicise its Central Heating Programme to those living in tied accommodation in rural areas.

Iain Gray: Our intention is that all eligible households should benefit from the Central Heating Programme. In February 2001 we published a guide to the programme inviting applications. The guide was widely distributed throughout Scotland. Eaga are now the Managing Agent and they will continue to ensure that the programme is publicised fully in all parts of the private sector across the country.

Domestic Abuse

Mr Gil Paterson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the minutes of the National Group to Address Domestic Abuse in Scotland and any of its sub-groups will be made publicly available.

Ms Margaret Curran: No, but we will post progress reports on the Scottish Executive website.

Education

Irene McGugan (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the percentage was of Higher passes by students in (a) further education colleges and (b) the secondary school sector, in each of the last three years.

Nicol Stephen: The number of passes as a percentage of the number of entries for each sector are set out in the following table:

  


Year 
  

Higher Passes in Secondary Schools (%) 
  

Higher Passes in Further Education and External 
  Centres 
  



1997-98 
  

70.7% 
  

60.1% 
  



1998-99 
  

71.4% 
  

58.5% 
  



1999-2000 
  

74.3% 
  

60.1% 
  



  Note: Higher refers to old SCE Highers and new National Qualifications at Higher level.

Enterprise

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what relevance the Disney Management Programme has to the Scottish Borders tourist industry.

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what methods are available for relevant officials from enterprise agencies to have access to the Disney Management Programme other than by attending in person.

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what officials from enterprise agencies have had access to the Disney Management Programme in person and how much such access cost (a) per local enterprise agency area and (b) nationally.

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to the public purse of the 10-day trip organised by Scottish Enterprise Borders to Disneyland to attend the Disney Management Programme.

Ms Wendy Alexander: This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. The Executive does not hold this information centrally.

Ferry Services

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations P & O North Sea Ferries has made to it regarding a Freight Facilities Grant application for the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service; whether it is aware of any representations P & O North Sea Ferries has made to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions or the European Commission regarding this application and what responses it has made to any such representations.

Lewis Macdonald: There have been no representations made by P & O North Sea Ferries to the Scottish Executive about the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service. The question of representations to the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions or to the European Commission is a matter for those two bodies.

Housing

Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to install carbon monoxide monitors in all homes.

Iain Gray: The Scottish Executive has no plans to install carbon monoxide detectors in all houses. The Central Heating Programme will provide carbon monoxide detectors for those households who are having gas, oil or solid fuel systems installed.

Human Rights

Scott Barrie (Dunfermline West) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether any decision has been reached on whether to establish a Scottish Human Rights Commission, following the consultation exercise which ended on 30 June 2001.

Mr Jim Wallace: The majority of consultation respondents favoured establishing a separate Scottish Human Rights body. The analysis of the consultation exercise can be found on the Scottish Executive website.

  I am pleased to announce that Scottish ministers have decided in principle to establish a Scottish Human Rights Commission. Its key functions will be promotion, education and awareness raising of human rights; providing guidance to public authorities; providing a source of advice, as required, to the Scottish Parliament on legislation after introduction; general monitoring and reporting in relation to law and practice, and investigating and reporting on generic or sectoral human rights issues in relation to public policy. More detailed proposals will be published in the course of next year.

Local Government Finance

Mr Gil Paterson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much additional funding has been given to local authorities to help fund the revenue costs of an increased number of refuge places as a result of the funding made available for capital projects.

Ms Margaret Curran: We have the full support of COSLA to ensure that local authorities provide the funding necessary to support the extra refuge spaces. The Local Government Spending Review 2000 provides an extra £1.2 billion in support for local government over the next three years - an increase of 10.5% in real terms. This should enable all local authorities to provide the necessary support for all women's refuges. All bids submitted for funding from the Refuge Development Programme were required to indicate plans for sustainability.

Millennium Volunteer Programme

Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the numbers of beneficiaries under the Millennium Volunteer Programme will not be artificially inflated by lower cost matchmakers being favoured over more specialist and expensive placement providers.

Iain Gray: Each application for support under the Millennium Volunteers initiative is treated on individual merit. There is no bias that gives advantage to the matchmaker approach.

  Applications for support are made to the voluntary sector consortium that manages the scheme. They assess applications against the principles of the scheme and make recommendations to the Scottish Executive. The awards of grant are made by the Executive.

  A review group is currently looking at how the Millennium Volunteers Initiative has operated and how best to support volunteering by young people. I expect to receive their report in the spring.

NHS Complaints

Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that the NHS Complaints Procedure, set out in Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change , is applied to general practitioners and any out-of-hours services that they provide.

Malcolm Chisholm: Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change  commits the Scottish Executive to developing a complaints process which is "credible, easy to use, demonstrably independent and effective".

  The revised NHS complaints procedure will continue to cover services provided by general practitioners and their out-of-hours services when it is introduced in 2002.

  A working group, which includes patient representatives, has been established to develop proposals for inclusion in a public consultation on a revised procedure. The group is currently considering responses to a consultation on the report of the independent evaluation of the NHS complaints procedure that issued in September.

NHS Trusts

Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS Trusts have brought cleaning and catering services back in-house since the publication of Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change .

Malcolm Chisholm: Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change made clear that NHSScotland must achieve the best value in domestic services and that contracting out, while often appropriate, should no longer be seen as the norm.

  The vast majority of NHS Trusts already provide all or part of their cleaning and catering services in-house. Those Trusts which have outsourced their domestic services are reviewing these arrangements as the contract break points are reached. Since December 2000, one Trust has decided to take services back in-house.

Nursing

Brian Fitzpatrick (Strathkelvin & Bearsden) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what funding (a) has been made available for the recruitment and support of student nurses in the current year and (b) will be made available for this purpose in the next two years.

Malcolm Chisholm: Forty-four million, six hundred thousand pounds is available for support of student nurses this year. £47.9 million will be available in 2002-03, and £51.4 million in 2003-04.

Nursing

Brian Fitzpatrick (Strathkelvin & Bearsden) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to make nursing a more attractive career option by funding the infrastructure necessary to provide high quality training facilities for student nurses.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Scottish Executive Health Department has contracts with institutions of higher education to provide nurse education and pays them an annual amount for the cost of the course, based on student numbers, but allowing for matters like accommodation requirements. The NHS either provides the accommodation or contract finance allows universities to provide their own accommodation and many improvements have been made since the contracts began.

Nursing

Brian Fitzpatrick (Strathkelvin & Bearsden) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to increasing the bursary and tuition support available to student nurses who are willing to work in under-served areas of the NHS in Scotland.

Malcolm Chisholm: From autumn 2002, all nursing students will have their tuition fees paid for them and have living cost support by way of a non-means-tested bursary and dependants' allowance where necessary. The teaching institutions have local arrangements to assist students, through car loan schemes, student accommodation and ensuring that when possible, placements are arranged at locations convenient for the student. These arrangements should ensure that all students have the necessary support to undertake nursing studies in their chosen discipline and we have no plans to introduce different levels of support.

Nursing

Brian Fitzpatrick (Strathkelvin & Bearsden) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it is giving to increasing the funding available to graduate nurses for the completion of doctoral studies.

Malcolm Chisholm: The funding of doctoral level studies in health science subjects is the responsibility of the Medical Research Council, which allocates funding for studentships to higher education institutions throughout the UK on an annual basis.

Nursing

Brian Fitzpatrick (Strathkelvin & Bearsden) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider any schemes that would allow graduate nurses to pay back any increased funding for the completion of their doctoral studies by working in under-served areas of the NHS in Scotland.

Malcolm Chisholm: While we appreciate the benefits that postgraduate level study can bring, the primary aim of nursing education funding is to provide an adequate supply of registered nurses for NHSScotland. However, individual Trusts have discretion to support graduate nurses for doctoral studies and may take into account the placing of such staff in under-served areas when considering whether to fund staff for these studies.

Parliamentary Questions

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Lothians) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive why it has not yet given a substantive answer to question S1W-19393, lodged on 25 October 2001, and when it will do so.

Colin Boyd QC: Question S1W-19393 was answered today.

Prison Service

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many community placements were available for women prisoners in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001 to date, expressed also as a percentage of those imprisoned.

Mr Jim Wallace: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

  The number of community placements for women prisoners were:

  


1999-2000 
  

14 
  



2000-01 
  

15 
  



2001 to date 
  

18 
  



  This represents an average of 10% of female prisoners.

Public Appointments

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what appointments have been made to the board of Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, or its predecessor body, in each year since 1997 and what the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each appointee was.

Ms Wendy Alexander: This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. The Executive does not hold this information centrally.

Public Appointments

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what appointments have been made to the board of the East of Scotland Water Authority in each year since 1997 and what the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each appointee was.

Ross Finnie: Details of appointments to East of Scotland Water Authority since 1997 are listed in the tables. Appointees are required to declare any activities on behalf of a political party or similar organisation undertaken in the previous five years. These details are given in the tables. Levels of remuneration for board members are detailed in the authority’s annual accounts, which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre. Bib. numbers are listed in the tables:

  Appointments to East of Scotland Water Authority from 1997

  


Name 
  

Period 
  

Political Activity 
  


 

None in 1997 
  
 



Cllr Robert Cairns (Chair) 
  

1998 to date 
  

Labour 
  



Cllr David Hamilton 
  

1999 to date 
  

Labour 
  



Robin Bell 
  

1998 to date 
  

None 
  



Susan Warren 
  

1999 to date 
  

None 
  



Prof Paul Jowitt 
  

1999 to date 
  

None 
  



David Bleiman 
  

1998 to date 
  

Labour 
  



Jeanette Burness 
  

1998 to date 
  

Labour 
  



Cllr Tom Dair 
  

1998 to date 
  

Labour 
  



John Broadfoot 
  

1998 to date 
  

None 
  



Roy Summers 
  

1999 to date 
  

None 
  



Cllr Ann Dickson 
  

1998 to date 
  

Conservative and Unionist 
  



  Board members’ remuneration

  


Water Authorities’ published accounts 
  

Parliament Reference Centre –
Bib. numbers 
  



1997-98 
  

12834 
  



1998-99 
  

12835 
  



1999-2000 
  

7898 
  



2000-01 
  

17792

Public Appointments

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what appointments have been made to the Lothian and Borders Fire Board in each year since 1997 and what the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each appointee was.

Dr Richard Simpson: The information requested runs to several papers, so I shall write to the member and place a copy of my detailed reply in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 17865).

Public Appointments

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of any councillors who have sat on the Forth Road Bridge Joint Board in each year since 1974 including the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each councillor.

Lewis Macdonald: This information is not held centrally, as appointments to the board are matters for the local authorities which constitute the board.

Public Appointments

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of any councillors who have sat on the Lothian and Borders Fire Board in each year since 1974, including the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each councillor.

Dr Richard Simpson: The information requested runs to several papers, so I shall write to the member and place a copy of my detailed reply in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 17865).

Public Appointments

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what appointments have been made to health trusts and boards in the Lothian and NHS Borders areas in each year since 1997 and what the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each appointee was.

Malcolm Chisholm: The table annexed (together with the accompanying notes) summarises the information requested for non-executive Members and Trustees of NHS Boards and Trusts who were first appointed from 1 January 1997 onwards.

  1. NHS Lothian:

  (i) Lothian NHS Board (formerly Lothian Health Board):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Current appointments: 
  



Mr Brian Cavanagh 
  

Chair of NHS Board 
  

Labour 
  

£35,000 
  

07/01 
  

07/05 
  



Professor Patricia Peattie 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

04/99 
  

03/03 
  



Mr Michael Walker 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

04/99 
  

03/03 
  



Dr Jackie McDonald 
  

Chair of Area Clinical Forum 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/03 
  



Mr Eddie Egan 
  

Staff Side Chair of Area Partnership Forum 
  

Labour 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/05 
  



Professor Colin Bird 
  

University School Member 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/05 
  



Nominated Local Authority members: 
  



Councillor Ann McCarthy 
  

Nominated member for East Lothian Council 
  

Labour 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/05 
  



Councillor Danny Molloy 
  

Nominated member for Midlothian Council 
  

Labour 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/05 
  



Councillor Graeme Morrice 
  

Nominated member for West Lothian Council 
  

Labour 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/05 
  



Councillor Kingsley Thomas 
  

Nominated member for City of Edinburgh Council 
  

Labour 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/05 
  



Past appointments: 
  



Mrs Margaret Ford (subsequently Member of Lothian Health 
  Board) 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£22,660 
  

07/97 
  

01/00 
  



Mr Brian Cavanagh (now Chair of Lothian NHS Board) 
  

Member 
  

Labour 
  

£5,294 
  

07/97 
  

06/01 
  



Professor Charles Vaughan Ruckley 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

07/97 
  

09/01 
  



Mrs Margaret Ford 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£5,145 
  

01/00 
  

08/00 
  



  (ii) Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust:

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Current appointments: 
  



Mr Garth Morrison CBE 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£22,000 
  

11/98 
  

10/02 
  



Mrs Patricia Matthews 
  

Trustee 
  

Labour 
  

£7,000 
  

02/99 
  

01/03 
  



Mrs Elaine Ross 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

04/99 
  

03/03 
  



Past appointments: 
  



Mrs Patricia Fawcett 
  

Trustee 
  

Labour 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

01/01 
  



Dr Richard Eckersall 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

04/99 
  

07/01 
  



Mr Ian Miller 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,145 
  

04/99 
  

05/00 
  



  (iii) Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust:

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Current appointments: 
  



Mr Barry Sealey CBE 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£22,000 
  

11/98 
  

10/02 
  



Mrs Geraldine Gammell 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

02/99 
  

03/03 
  



Mr William Stewart 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

02/99 
  

01/03 
  



Past appointments: 
  



Mrs Morag Younie OBE 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,145 
  

02/99 
  

01/01 
  



Professor Gavin McCrone 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



Professor Colin Bird (now Member of Lothian NHS Board) 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



  (iv) West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust:

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Current appointments: 
  



Mr James Findlay 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£22,000 
  

11/98 
  

10/02 
  



Mrs Carole Anne Stevenson 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

02/99 
  

03/03 
  



Mrs Janice Anderson 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

04/99 
  

03/03 
  



Past appointments: 
  



Councillor Peter Johnston 
  

Trustee 
  

SNP 
  

£5,145 
  

02/99 
  

01/01 
  



Councillor Graeme Morrice (now Member of Lothian NHS Board) 
  

Trustee 
  

Labour 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



Dr Peter Swarbrick 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



  (v) East and Midlothian NHS Trust (dissolved March 1999):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Mrs Jane Garden 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,000 
  

12/97 
  

03/99 
  



  (vi) Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust (dissolved March 1999):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Rev. William Brockie 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,000 
  

04/97 
  

03/99 
  



  (vii) Edinburgh Sick Children’s NHS Trust (dissolved March 1999):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Ms Patricia Gilgannon 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,000 
  

06/98 
  

03/99 
  



Mrs Judith Fisher 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,000 
  

06/98 
  

03/99 
  



  (viii) Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust (dissolved March 1999):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Mr Garth Morrison CBE (now Chair of Lothian Primary Care 
  NHS Trust) 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£19,285 
  

12/97 
  

10/98 
  



  (ix) West Lothian NHS Trust (dissolved March 1999):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment
from 
  

Appointment
end 
  



Councillor Isobel Brydie OBE 
  

Chair 
  

Conservative 
  

£19,285 
  

01/97 
  

03/99 
  



Councillor Peter Johnston
(subsequently Trustee of West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust) 
  

Member 
  

SNP 
  

£5,000 
  

07/97 
  

01/99 
  



Councillor Bristow Muldoon 
  

Member 
  

Labour 
  

£5,000 
  

08/97 
  

03/99 
  



  (x) Western General Hospitals NHS Trust (dissolved March 1999):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment
from 
  

Appointment
end 
  



no new appointments during period under review 
  



  2. NHS Borders:

  (i) Borders NHS Board (formerly Borders Health Board):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment
from 
  

Appointment
end 
  



Current appointments: 
  



Mr Anthony Taylor 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£26,000 
  

07/01 
  

07/03 
  



Mrs Mary Wilson 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

01/03 
  



Mr Thomas Donaldson 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

01/03 
  



Dr Ian Lowles 
  

Chair of Area Clinical Forum 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/03 
  



Mrs Eileen McDermott 
  

Staff Side Chair of Area Partnership Forum 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

09/03 
  



Nominated Local Authority member: 
  



Councillor James Nairn 
  

Nominated member for Borders Council 
  

Liberal Democrat 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

05/03 
  



Past appointments: 
  



Mr James Marjoribanks 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

04/99 
  

09/01 
  



Mrs Geraldine Strickland 
(now Trustee of Borders Primary Care NHS Trust) 
  

Member 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

04/99 
  

09/01 
  



  (ii) Borders General Hospital NHS Trust:

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Current appointments: 
  



Mr John Smithson 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£22,000 
  

11/98 
  

10/02 
  



Mr Anthony Watson 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

01/97 
  

01/03 
  



Mrs Jennifer Croall 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

04/99 
  

01/03 
  



Past appointments: 
  



Mr Graham Garvie 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

01/97 
  

09/01 
  



Mr Anthony Taylor 
(now Chair of Borders NHS Board) 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

01/97 
  

06/01 
  



Col. John Robertson 
  

Trustee 
  

Conservative 
  

£5,294 
  

04/99 
  

09/01 
  



  (iii) Borders Primary Care NHS Trust:

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



Current appointments: 
  



Mrs Barbara Wright 
  

Chair 
  

none 
  

£22,000 
  

11/98 
  

10/02 
  



Mrs Marni Lamb 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

02/99 
  

01/03 
  



Mrs Geraldine Strickland 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£7,000 
  

09/01 
  

03/03 
  



Past appointments: 
  



Mr Angus Davidson 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



Mr Michael Davies 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



Mr Thomas Donaldson (now Member of Borders NHS Board) 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



Mrs Mary Wilson (now Member of Borders NHS Board) 
  

Trustee 
  

none 
  

£5,294 
  

02/99 
  

09/01 
  



  (iv) Borders Community Health Services NHS Trust (dissolved March 1999):

  


Name 
  

Capacity 
  

Party political affiliation 
  

Annual remuneration 
  

Appointment from 
  

Appointment end 
  



no new appointments during period under review 
  



  Notes:

  Local Authority Members of NHS Boards are separately identified. Since 30 September 2001, each of the 32 Scottish local authorities have nominated an elected member to serve on their local NHS Board. They are appointed by Scottish ministers ex officio in their capacity as elected council members.

  The Chair of the Area Clinical Forum, the Staff Side Chair of the Area Partnership Forum and the University Medical School Member are also appointed to the NHS Board ex officio. Their appointment is specific to the office held rather than to the person.

  A number of appointees are listed more than once, since they may have been appointed successively to different health bodies or re-appointed to the same health body in a different capacity.

  For the sake of clarity, annual remuneration represents either the current rate (applicable from 30 September 2001) or the most recent rate received (for those whose appointment has ended).

  Some of the NHS Trusts shown no longer exist: they were among the 43 NHS Trusts dissolved with effect from 1 April 1999 under the National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) (Scotland) Order 1999.

Public Appointments

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what appointments of individuals with a declared party affiliation have been made to any Social Inclusion Partnership boards in the City of Edinburgh Council area in each year since 1997 and what the (a) party affiliation of and (b) remuneration received by each appointee was.

Ms Margaret Curran: Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIP) were launched in 1999, and there are five in Edinburgh. South Edinburgh and Edinburgh Youth SIP were newly designated in April 1999. North Edinburgh was previously a Priority Partnership Area designated as a SIP in April 1999. Edinburgh Strategic Programme was previously a Regeneration Programme and was designated as a SIP in April 1999. Craigmillar was previously a Priority Partnership Area and was designated as a SIP in April 2000.

  The individual SIPs have advised us that the position on appointments in each SIP is as follows:

  South Edinburgh: There are 21 Partnership Board members, although a total of 26 people have served on the board since the SIP's designation.

  Edinburgh Youth: There are nine Partnership Board members, although a total of 12 people have served on the board since the SIP's designation.

  North Edinburgh: There are 13 Partnership Board members, although a total of 17 people have served on the board since the SIP's designation.

  Edinburgh Strategic Programme: There are 10 Partnership Board members, although a total of 14 people have served on the board since the SIP's designation.

  Craigmillar: There are 10 Partnership Board members, although a total of 15 people have served on the board since the SIP's designation.

  Each SIP has advised us (a) that no formal declaration of party affiliation is sought or made when SIP Board members are appointed and (b) that board members do not receive any remuneration for fulfilling that role.

Public Ministerial Meetings

Mr Keith Harding (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W -13759 by Mr Tom McCabe on 14 March 2001, whether any further meetings have been held or are planned as part of the public meetings exercise involving the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.

Mr Andy Kerr: No such "Question and Answer" meetings have been held since Mr McCabe’s last response and there are no immediate plans for further meetings of this type. The First Minister and Deputy First Minister as well as other Scottish Executive ministers, nevertheless, will continue to visit communities on a regular basis to meet the people of Scotland.

Public Ministerial Meetings

Mr Keith Harding (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-14589 by Mr Tom McCabe on 15 May 2001, whether it has now completed the competitive tendering process for its Question Time events and, if so, which organisations have been successful.

Mr Andy Kerr: Scottish Executive officials have sought bids from private sector bodies for a possible series of further Question Time events, but no decision has yet been taken to proceed with this initiative. If such a decision is taken, I shall write to the member.

Racism

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Lothians) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the comments by the Lord Advocate on 24 October 2001 ( Official Report , col. 3230), what its own definition of institutional racism is.

Colin Boyd QC: The Scottish Executive has accepted the definition of institutional racism as set out by Sir William Macpherson in the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report. The Executive welcomes the definition in Dr Raj Jandoo’s report which was formulated for the purposes of his report; it is straightforward and entirely compatible with the definition adopted by Macpherson.

Residential Care

Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) private residential homes, (b) private nursing homes and (c) local authority residential homes there currently are in (i) Scotland and (ii) each local authority area.

Malcolm Chisholm: The information requested is contained in the following table:

  Number of Homes: at 31 March 2000

  


Local Authority 
  

Private Residential
Care Homes 
  

Private Nursing Homes 
  

Local Authority Residential
Care Homes 
  



Aberdeen City 
  

3 
  

 18 
  

18 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

13 
  

 33 
  

18 
  



Angus 
  

23 
  

 12 
  

6 
  



Argyll & Bute 
  

26 
  

 9 
  

9 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

0 
  

 2 
  

2 
  



Dumfries & Galloway 
  

23 
  

 14 
  

2 
  



Dundee City 
  

8 
  

 16 
  

15 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

16 
  

 17 
  

6 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

3 
  

 7 
  

1 
  



East Lothian 
  

3 
  

 12 
  

3 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

2 
  

 8 
  

2 
  



Edinburgh, City of 
  

23 
  

 44 
  

23 
  



Eileannan Siar 
  

1 
  

 2 
  

16 
  



Falkirk 
  

12 
  

 10 
  

8 
  



Fife 
  

23 
  

 32 
  

49 
  



Glasgow City 
  

13 
  

 47 
  

27 
  



Highland 
  

45 
  

 30 
  

23 
  



Inverclyde 
  

3 
  

 8 
  

5 
  



Midlothian 
  

8 
  

 7 
  

3 
  



Moray 
  

5 
  

 8 
  

6 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

14 
  

 15 
  

7 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

9 
  

 24 
  

13 
  



Orkney Islands 
  

3 
  

- 
  

3 
  



Perth & Kinross 
  

20 
  

 20 
  

5 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

6 
  

 12 
  

9 
  



Scottish Borders 
  

9 
  

 16 
  

7 
  



Shetland Islands 
  

0 
  

- 
  

4 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

4 
  

 22 
  

7 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

14 
  

 34 
  

13 
  



Stirling 
  

6 
  

 11 
  

5 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

2 
  

 3 
  

9 
  



West Lothian 
  

11 
  

 12 
  

7 
  



Scotland 
  

351 
  

505 
  

331 
  



  Source: ISD Scotland, ISD(34).

  HD: Social Work Statistics,R1 Return.

  Notes:

  1. There are also 923 residential care homes in the voluntary sector bringing the Scotland total to 1,605.

  2. Private nursing homes subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 (as amended), or the Mental Health Act 1960/1984. It also includes a few "other" establishments, e.g. hospices registered under the Act.

  3. The figures shown are based on information supplied by nursing homes at the end of the financial year. It is understood from health boards that a small number of other nursing homes have not been able to provide the information requested. Data from these nursing homes (around 30 in total) and data from private hospitals, also registered under the Acts, are not included in the table.

  4. The figures represent a "snap shot" on 31 March each year and do not necessarily reflect the position between census’ or at present.

Roads

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive why, under section 2.1 (i) of Schedule 3, Part 4 of the Term Contract for Management and Maintenance of the Scottish Trunk Road Network, Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR (Scotland) Ltd are prevented from responding directly to enquiries from MPs and MSPs and why those groups were so specified.

Lewis Macdonald: This condition, which is no different to that in the previous contracts, was included to define areas of responsibility between the Scottish Executive and the Operating Companies in respect of dealings with MPs and MSPs.

Roads

Andrew Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive why, under section 2.1 (ii) of Schedule 3, Part 4 of the Term Contract for Management and Maintenance of the Scottish Trunk Road Network, Amey Highways Ltd and BEAR (Scotland) Ltd are prevented from responding directly to enquiries from the media and why the media were so specified.

Lewis Macdonald: This condition, which is no different to that in the previous contracts, was included to define areas of responsibility between the Scottish Executive and the Operating Companies in respect of dealings with the media.

School Trips

Brian Fitzpatrick (Strathkelvin & Bearsden) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-18284 by Allan Wilson on 15 October 2001, what forms of monitoring are undertaken by it or on its behalf of Improvement Notices served by the Health and Safety Executive concerning adventure activities in the context of school trips and what information it has received regarding the results of any such monitoring.

Nicol Stephen: Improvement notices served by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are the responsibility of the HSE and are matters between the HSE and the body on which a notice is served. The Scottish Executive has no role in monitoring Improvement Notices served by the HSE in the context of school trips.

Scottish Bus Group Pension Scheme

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any legal rulings in respect of double taxation which are applicable to the Scottish Bus Group employee pension fund.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive is not aware of any such ruling.

Scottish Executive Staff

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants worked in Victoria Quay, Edinburgh at 1 April and 1 October in each year since 1997 and whether it holds information on how many of them travelled to this office by (a) public transport, (b) car, (c) bicycle and (d) on foot.

Mr Andy Kerr: The figures are provided in the following table:

  Count of Civil Servants Working at Victoria Quay

  Selected dates 1 April 1997 to 1 October 2001

  


Date 
  

Total 
  



1 April 1997 
  

1,201 
  



1 October 1997 
  

1,188 
  



1 April 1998 
  

1,216 
  



1 October 1998 
  

1,279 
  



1 April 1999 
  

1,375 
  



1 October 1999 
  

1,355 
  



1 April 2000 
  

1,261 
  



1 October 2000 
  

1,269 
  



1 April 2001 
  

1,285 
  



1 October 2001 
  

1,370 
  



  The following are the results of a recent travel to work survey for staff travelling to Victoria Quay:

  (a) 35% used public transport,

  (b) 56% used a car or motorcycle,

  (c) 5% cycled and

  (d) 12% travelled by foot.

  As staff may have used more than one method of transport, e.g. public transport and foot, the total percentages add up to more than 100%.

Scottish Executive Staff

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many conferences, seminars or away days for staff training or other internal matters it has held in each year since May 1999; what the annual cost was of these events; how many were held in private venues as opposed to on its property and how many were held outwith Scotland.

Mr Andy Kerr: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Single European Currency

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it will give to retailers on preventing any potential fraud following the introduction of the euro in other European countries in January 2002.

Ms Wendy Alexander: Retailers will wish to note the excellent advice that is available from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank (ECB) on this issue.

  The Bank of England has run a series of counterfeit detection training sessions for a number of organizations, including representatives of the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

  The ECB has produced a training kit on the security features of the euro notes and there is information on the ECB website on the security features of the notes and images of all the coins. The ECB training kits have been supplied to those members of the BRC who indicated that they would accept euros. These tended to be larger retailers.

  In addition, the BRC have issued 5,000 leaflets to their members, mainly smaller retailers, entitled "A retailers guide to accepting the Euro as a foreign currency".

  Scotland Europa, in conjunction with HM Treasury, is implementing a detailed programme, including workshops, conferences, publications and a telephone hotline to provide advice to Scottish businesses and raise awareness of the need to make appropriate preparations.

Teacher Training

Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many mature entrants to teaching are currently studying at teacher training institutions and what the average cost of the remuneration of these teachers in their first year in teaching will be (a) with mature entrants’ enhancement and (b) under the terms of the McCrone settlement.

Cathy Jamieson: At the start of session 2001-02 there were around 1,000 initial teacher education students aged between 25 and 39 years old who, under the existing Salary Placement Regulations, may have been entitled to be placed at some point above the bottom on the main teachers’ scale. There were also around 300 students aged 40 or over who may have been able to enter teaching at the top of the pay scale. This is out of a total initial teacher education final year student body of approximately 2,500.

  In comparison with the most recent pay scale before improvement through the Agreement on a Teaching Profession for the 21st Century, and using the current Salary Placement Regulations, the average pay for a new entrant to teaching aged 25 to 39 would have been £18,030. The corresponding figure for a new entrant aged over 40 was £23,313.

  Under the proposal which is for consideration by the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers, all probationers would be placed on the probationer point of £16,644 from August 2002. This rises to £17,226 from January 2003 and £18,000 from August 2003.

Telecommunications

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what effect the wind-up of Atlantic Telecom Group plc and its subsidiaries will have on the Executive’s broadband strategy and what steps it is taking to address any such effect.

Ms Wendy Alexander: At the time Atlantic Telecom went into administration, it was not a provider of broadband services.

  We have asked DTI to consider the potential for changes in the regulatory framework and other measures to ensure that, in the event of similar circumstances arising in the future, disruption to telecoms services will be minimised.

  The Executive recognises the potential of fixed wireless access to deliver broadband services and we have been in separate discussions with the Radiocommunications Agency on how to maximise the benefit to Scotland of the forthcoming allocation of spectrum at 3.4GHz. We shall be working closely with the Radiocommunications Agency on strategy for delivery of further spectrum as it becomes available.